20081555 Ver 1_DCM Comments_20090121

08-1555
NCDENR
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Division of Coastal Management
Beverly Eaves Perdue, Governor James H. Gregson, Director Dee Freeman, Secretary
January 21, 2009
Dana A. Lutheran
Southern Environmental Group, Inc.
5315 South College Road, Suite E
Wilmington, NC 28412
SUBJECT: Consistency Certification Submission Status for Proposed Impacts to Wetlands to
Facilitate the Expansion of a Limestone Mining Operation, Pender County
(DCM#20080142)
Dear Ms. Lutheran:
We received the cor: istency certification of Southern Environmental Group, Inc. on behalf of Shelter
Creek Quarry, LLC "Applicant") on October 22, 2008 for proposed impacts to 46.92 acres of
wetlands and 721in, :.ir feet of stream to facilitate expansion of the limestone mining operation at an
approximate 397.7 ,re tract. The project site is approximately 11 miles east northeast of Burgaw and
4 miles west southu ,st of Maple Hill in Pender County, North Carolina.
The Division of Cor ;tal Management does not typically issue a consistency concurrence decision until
the Applicant has of ained all other required State permits and/or permissions and submitted copies of
them to DCM. Sinc;; the Applicant has yet to obtain these approvals, DCM will be unable to issue
either a letter of "concurrence" or "objection" by January 22, 2009.
Based on the requirements of 15 CFR 930.62, DCM has until April 22, 2009 to either concur or object
to the consistency certification unless an extension agreement is obtained. Upon the receipt of the
required State approvals, we will make every effort possible to complete our review before the
deadline. Thank you for your consideration of the North Carolina Coastal Management Program.
Sincerely,
Stephen Rynas, AICP
Federal Consistency Coordinator
Cc: Doug Huggett, Division of Coastal Management
Steve Everhart, Division of Coastal Management
Cyndi Karoly, Division of Water Quality
Ronnie Smith, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
400 Commerce Avenue, Morehead City, North Carolina 28557-3421
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